Sentences with phrase «involuntary functions»

Your autonomic nervous system is a part of your nervous system that regulates key involuntary functions of the body, including the activity of the heart muscle; the smooth muscles, including the muscles of the intestinal tract; and the glands.

It's a wonder their brain has cycles remaining even for involuntary functions like breathing.

«There is no consensus among researchers,» he says, about whether involuntary functions like heart rate can signal emotion accurately.

Since your basal metabolic rate is based largely on involuntary functions like breathing and pumping blood, changes in your day - to - day activity don't do much to raise or lower this number.

Spinal cord victims often also experience difficulties such as breathing (some even need ventilators), and could also suffer from a loss of involuntary functions such as blood pressure regulation and body temperature.

Your brain is in charge of both voluntary and involuntary functions, from lifting your mug of coffee to your mouth to breathing.

This observation inspired the title for her show with the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Parasimpatico: with her usual sense of humor, Pipilotti Rist is referring to the division of the nervous system that governs the body's involuntary functions, such as digestion, relaxation, rest and energy storage.

This observation inspired the title for her exhibition with the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Parasimpatico: with her usual touch of humor, Pipilotti Rist is referring to the division of the nervous system that governs the body's involuntary functions, such as digestion, relaxation, rest and energy storage.

In Rug, Cotton Rope and Glue (2013), Sharif cuts rugs and rope, weaving them together in a rhythmically repetitive act that echoes the involuntary functions of the human body, such as swallowing, breathing, and blinking.